Towered
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It's desperately trying to "out do" the original heritage features. There's an inferiority complex at play.
Toronto U of T: University College Revitalization | ?m | 3s | U of T | Kohn Shnier
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Northern Light
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I don't disagree, but I think I might use the word 'overwhelm'.
UtakataNoAnnex
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...I mean that elevator tower from death metalhead hell seems to be an obvious example of this. /sigh
AlbertC
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Commentary and pics from Canadian Architect:
www.canadianarchitect.com
Strategic Interventions: University College Revitalization, Toronto, Ontario
PROJECT University College Revitalization, Toronto, Ontario ARCHITECTS Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects in Association TEXT Pamela Young PHOTOS Doublespace Photography A good cover song generates renewed appreciation for the original while establishing the validity of the reinterpretation. The...
www.canadianarchitect.com
Northern Light
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Commentary and pics from Canadian Architect:
Strategic Interventions: University College Revitalization, Toronto, Ontario
PROJECT University College Revitalization, Toronto, Ontario ARCHITECTS Kohn Shnier and ERA Architects in Association TEXT Pamela Young PHOTOS Doublespace Photography A good cover song generates renewed appreciation for the original while establishing the validity of the reinterpretation. The...
I think the article is far too kind.
egotrippin
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Yea that addition is dogshit, modernization for the sake of it. Nothing is safe in this city. Hey, let's obscure some of the city's best millwork with some crappy railings that look like prison bars, and hang track lighting that looks like the stuff we had in my parents' '90s basement. Also what is the point of that barnacle on the outside. I hate everything about this.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Yea that addition is dogshit, modernization for the sake of it. Nothing is safe in this city. Hey, let's obscure some of the city's best millwork with some crappy railings that look like prison bars, and hang track lighting that looks like the stuff we had in my parents' '90s basement. Also what is the point of that barnacle on the outside. I hate everything about this.
I strongly dislike that tower - but it's for the elevator. So not useless, just heavy-handed.
AoD
Northern Light
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A couple of notes on this.
1) This elevator was NOT in the original scope of work.
The decision was made to add it after finding that the original location for a lift required removing an existing set of stairs during construction and that would require building closure in that area.
2) I'll have to walk the building again, but for the life of me, I don't want they couldn't have just build elevators, plural, into the non-heritage Laidlaw wing and left the heritage alone.
I know you can access the heritage UC on both the main and second floors from Laidlaw; and you can access East Hall from the second floor as well.
I get that it would be bit of distance to the elevator for people whose business was at the far south-west of the building..........but....but...
For reference, from a pre-construction report:
Northern Light
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While we're discussing what could've been/should've been........... lets look at the original render for the Library:
A thousand times better than what we got. Total bait and switch.
Source: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/univer...alizing-iconic-building-heart-downtown-campus
A thousand times better than what we got. Total bait and switch.
Source: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/univer...alizing-iconic-building-heart-downtown-campus
AlexBozikovic
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You guys would really hate Herzog & de Meuron's CaixaForum Madrid.
https://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/22/caixaforum-madrid-by-herzog-de-meuron/
https://www.dezeen.com/2008/05/22/caixaforum-madrid-by-herzog-de-meuron/
JasonParis
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Not me! I've been there and loved it.
AlvinofDiaspar
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I saw that building in person - didn't like it one way or another, but it's a fabric building.
AoD
UtakataNoAnnex
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Looks discombobulated to me. But what do I know...
...either way, we didn't get certainly didn't get CaixaForum with this project. That would of been too bold for good or bad.
...either way, we didn't get certainly didn't get CaixaForum with this project. That would of been too bold for good or bad.
egotrippin
Senior Member
Ah, thanks for clarifying. I still don't like it but at least it's not completely random....